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BUILDING A FAN BASE: Savannah Campbell sets up the Caribe & Co. LLC booth at the SoWa Winter Festival in Boston the weekend before Christmas. 
COURTESY CARIBE & CO.

Everybody’s Business: From coffee to cocktails, Caribe syrup is in the...

(Editor’s note: This is the 53rd installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...

Will more Washington Bridge hearings help?

December marked the one-year anniversary of the failure of the Washington Bridge, and General Assembly leaders are planning a January retrospective. Again. House Speaker K....

Five Questions With: Jillian Roy

Jillian Roy | President, The Providence Center 1. You were recently appointed president of The Providence Center. What made you want to lead the...
FEELING THE STRUGGLE: Tides Family Services Inc., which provides families with home-based counseling services for children, has been dealing with a staffing shortage that forced it to start a waiting list for the first time in 40 years. 
PBN PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

Advocates say youth mental health services still in crisis

Rebecca Almeida spent three hours on a recent school day searching for her 14-year-old daughter. Suffering from several behavioral health challenges, Almeida’s daughter lost her...
Bruce Newbury

Hospitality and holiday spirit go hand in hand 


With wishes for good health, happiness and prosperity, we will be gathering whenever and wherever we can at Christmastime. This year marks the 45th consecutive...
IN THE NETWORK: Dr. Joseph Garland, medical director of the Corliss Street Clinic, says he’s hopeful the R.I. Department of Health’s effort to coordinate clinics that offer preventative medication for HIV will lower barriers to people in certain populations from receiving preexposure prophylaxis, or PrEP. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

RIDOH effort aims to lower the barriers to getting HIV meds

With HIV diagnoses on the rise nationwide and in Rhode Island, a new R.I. Department of Health initiative is looking to expand access to...
FINANCIAL MATTERS: Sen. Jack Reed speaks to parents and students about paying for higher education during a recent college financial aid workshop at the Community College of Rhode Island. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Those with student loan debt are finding forgiveness elusive

In October, Pawtucket kindergarten teacher Kelly Beckford received an early holiday gift from President Joe Biden, whose administration wiped away $46,000 of her student...

By the numbers, real-life retail remains resilient

Old-fashioned shopping at brick-and-mortar stores is proving more than resilient again this holiday season despite the ever-present, always-open digital options and a less-than-stellar economy. The...
Lisa Ranglin

RIBBA launches next Emerging Leaders Development Program

LISA RANGLIN is president of the Rhode Island Black Business Association, which has kicked off the next cohort of its Emerging Leaders Development Program...

Lists: Rhode Island Office Buildings

Total rentable square footage: 4,510,143 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make additions or corrections,...
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